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soulfulness

soulfulness

1 6.4
A deep, strong feeling in music or art that moves people
  • noun
  • /ˈsoʊl.fəl.nəs/
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  • His success was all the more remarkable in light of what he lacked: charisma, soulfulness, athleticism, exhibitionism, all the rock-star qualities.

My music just gave me that love for hip hop, for soul, for Blues, for truth, for poetry, for the dark soulfulness.

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Examples

  • We can imagine at least some of the sensitivity, dry humor, and soulfulness remain, and we owe him and his generation a debt for many of the good things that hearten us today.

    Blog text (30)
  • For many reasons, his musicality, intuition, and soulfulness!

    Blog text (26)
  • So why are love and soulfulness so important to you?

  • The pain, the soulfulness, the spirit you feel like in her when you watch this.

  • With all of that and the sweet soulfulness of her personality, it's no wonder she lit up the screen.

    Blog text (25)
  • There is a soulfulness to her, but the husband, Lucien Baines, in his 60s, possesses the icy demeanor of a corporate tycoon.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • It is a duo of soulfulness and resignation, and it demonstrates the appropriate comportment when faced with the difficulty of a Reinhardt black square painting and how to manage any potentially unsettling attendant reactions.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The artist's song is filled with soulfulness, capturing the deep emotions of heartbreak.

  • Her soulfulness resonates with everyone who listens, making each performance unforgettable.

  • The movie's soulfulness brought audiences to tears, expressing feelings that words could not.

Synonyms

soul
vssoulfulness
148 4.0

Deep feeling in music, art, or performance

focuses on outward expression of deep feeling rather than feeling itself
emotional depth
vssoulfulness
2 5.3

Strong and complex feelings shown in art, writing, or by a person

expresses those deep feelings outwardly rather than just having them
expressiveness
vssoulfulness
2 4.1

The ability to show feelings or ideas clearly in words, art and movement

emphasizes deep emotion rather than mere clarity of expression
expressivity
vssoulfulness
1 6.9

How clearly and strongly someone shows thoughts or feelings

leans more on deep emotion than on clear or effective expression

Antonyms

1 7.7

A feeling of cold emptiness and lack of human warmth

How Soulful

soulfulness
1 6.4
depth
146 4.4
warmth
103 1.0
soullessness
1 7.7

Surface Forms

soulfulness singular
soulfulnesses plural

Morphology

soulfulness = soulful (transparent) = soul + ful + ness

Forming the noun from the adjective 'soulful' with the productive suffix '-ness' directly yields the meaning 'the quality of being soulful'.

Etymology

The word soulfulness breaks into the parts soul meaning 'inner self', plus -ful meaning 'full of' and -ness which makes a noun. So, soulfulness is like being 'full of soul' and describes someone or something showing deep feeling.